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You are viewing the CopperCoins catalog page for 1940P•1DR•005, a documented Lincoln cent die variety. This listing is cataloged as a Doubled Die Reverse, from 1940, and struck at the Philadelphia Mint. It is recorded as Class 6 - Distended Hub Doubling. Below you will find 1 stage of identification photos and markers, catalog cross references, and reported values for coins minted with this die.
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1940P•1DR•005

Class 6 - Distended Hub Doubling

Die Notes

Light extra thickness on the motto, dots, and wheat stalks.

Cross references

  • WEXLER: WDDR-009
  • CONECA: DDR-008

Value guide

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F12
VF20
EF40
AU50
UNC
ChBU
GemBU
2.00
3.00
4.50
6.00
9.00
12.00
17.50

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Each stage tab below is clickable — it opens more identification photos and marker notes for that stage (A, B, C, and so on). Start on the summary above, then switch tabs to see how the die evolved.

Obverse: A heavy die scratch behind the head. An old die scratch runs NE-SW below the date. Obverse is MDS.

Reverse: Die gouges through the L, U and S of PLURIBUS. Light die scratches under the last A of AMERICA.

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Credit for this coin goes to: Steve Traugott